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Microlampyris  Pic, 1956
Taxonomic Serial No.: 952312

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderElateriformia Crowson, 1960  
                                        SuperfamilyElateroidea Leach, 1815  
                                           FamilyLampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 – fireflies, lightningbugs, glow worms, lightning bugs  
                                              SubfamilyLampyrinae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                                 TribeLampyrini Rafinesque, 1815  
                                                    GenusMicrolampyris Pic, 1956  
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                                                       Species Microlampyris basilewskyi Pic, 1956  
       

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  Source: The Lampyridae of the World Database, website (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Keller, O. 2024. The Lampyridae of the World Database https://lampyridae.world   
  Reference for: Microlampyris   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Gavin J., Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, Marc A. Branham, Luiz F. L. Da Silveira et al.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title: Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insect Systematics and Diversity, vol. 3, issue 6   
  Page(s): 1-15   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2399-3421   
  Notes: remaining authors: X. Lui, A. R. Lemmon, E. M. Lemmon, and S. M. Bybee. Corrections to publicaton online 17 December, 2019   
  Reference for: Microlampyris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDermott, F. A. / Steel, W. O., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lampyridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9   
  Page(s): 149   
  Publisher: Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk   
  Publication Place: 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands   
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  Notes: The author's name is mistakenly given as 'McDermot' on the cover and title page, but on page 1 of the work it correctly lists McDermott   
  Reference for: Microlampyris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pic, Maurice  
  Publication Date: 1956   
  Article/Chapter Title: Cantharidae et Lampyridae nouveaux du Congo Belge (Coléoptères Malacodermes)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, vol. 53, no. 1-2   
  Page(s): 179-194   
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  Reference for: original description   
       

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